The interaction of cholesterol was with the region on the protein that is responsible for forming the pore, say Rahul Roy (sitting, left) and Pradeep Sathyanarayana (sitting, middle).

IISc researchers find cholesterol helps bacterial toxins kill cells

Cholesterol stablises and binds the toxin protein to the cell membrane

A neuron labelled with a fluorescent protein (eGFP).

Mouse brain allows neuronal patchwork to succeed

Shubashree Desikan

Incorporating information from the several museum specimens could be crucial to generate bird occurrence data before 1980.

Gaps in India’s digital accessible information on bird occurrence

Aathira Perinchery Before 1980, only 16,510 records of 1,021 species are available

The emergence of antimicrobial resistance stresses the need for establishment of proper treatment guidelines, says Mallika Lavania.

Emerging antimicrobial resistance in leprosy

Aswathi Pacha Many of the bacterial strains studied showed resistance towards several drugs

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Demystifying Science - July 22, 2018

July 27, 2018: When Mars and Moon will present celestial spectacles

NASA to launch probe into sun’s scorching atmosphere

Mouse brain allows neuronal patchwork to succeed

IISc researchers find cholesterol helps bacterial toxins kill cells

IISER Pune uses nanovesicles to improve cancer drug delivery

Emerging antimicrobial resistance in leprosy

Many of the bacterial strains studied showed resistance towards several drugs

Gaps in India’s digital accessible information on bird occurrence

Before 1980, only 16,510 records of 1,021 species are available

The Hindu Science Quiz: Of the corpse flower and Fibonacci series

Which plant is named “century plant” but lives only up to 30 years, and why does the Neelakurinji blooms every 12 years. To find out the answers, and for more interesting questions take this quiz.

Japanese start-up to deliver ‘meteor showers’ on demand

Spectacular show of shooting stars planned over Hiroshima in early 2020

The best from science journals: Do the drone dance

Here are some the most interesting research works published in the top science journals last week

ISRO ropes in three partners to assemble 27 satellites

Each partner will work with the URSC to produce three small to medium satellites each year.

Google Doodle celebrates Georges Lemaitre, the founder of the Big Bang theory

He is also believed to be the first to have come up with the theory that the universe is expanding

Space tourism may take-off in 2019

The two companies leading the pack in the pursuit of space tourism say they are just months away from their first out-of-this-world passenger flights

Quantum computers have an edge over classical ones, says the oracle

This work settles a 25-year-old problem in the field of computational complexity using innovative techniques that are extremely new

IIT Bombay: Breakthrough in stem cell proliferation

With the new method, stem cells retained the stem cell-like nature for up to 51 days

Silk-based bioactive wound dressing and skin graft

IIT Guwahati’s innovation might help in treating chronic and severe wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers

Scientists decode how mustard plants tolerate salt

Thiourea is used to minimise bad effects of salt stress

Partial solar eclipse visible in Australia, New Zealand

The year's second solar eclipse occurred on July 13, 2018. The partial eclipse was seen only in parts of Australia and New Zealand as it took place

The Hindu Science Quiz: Life of Pi and the son of Earth and Sky

The Hindu Science Quiz: Life of Pi and the son of Earth and Sky

Pigment in Goa mushroom may help fight cancer

It may be the world’s first sulphur-rich edible melanin

Scientists discover the world’s oldest colours

Scientists have discovered the oldest colours in the geological record — 1.1 billion-year-old bright pink pigments extracted from rocks deep beneath

Seven new wasp species discovered in Amazon forests

Researchers have discovered seven new wasp species belonging to the genus Clistopyga from Peru, Venezuela and Colombia

TIFR researchers show how liver regulates outflow of fat

Tempered secretion of lipids during fasting protects organs

Protein’s novel role in embryo implantation studied

Women who had repeated IVF failure apparently had reduced levels of OVGP1 protein

Trees offer multiple benefits — don’t kill them, breed them

Hundred trees remove 53 tons of carbon dioxide and 430 pounds of other air pollutants per year. They also catch about 1,40,000 gallons of rainwater per year

Human population, roads reduce effectiveness of protected areas

At smaller scales, deforestation was 88% lower for protected forests farther from roads

IGIB find ways to reduce TB’s tissue-damaging effects

Macrophages do not show any inflammation till they are TB-infected

NASA prepares to extract data as Kepler runs very low on fuel

Scientists at NASA are preparing to download the latest bit of data stored in its plant-hunting Kepler space telescope as the spacecraft is now

Einstein’s gravity theory passes extreme test, says study published in Nature

The new findings show that Einstein’s insights into gravity still hold sway, even in one of the most extreme scenario.

Tiny Zebra Fish come as a big boon to scientists

Experiments being carried out on them as they have organs like humans

The Hindu Science Quiz: The physics and chemistry of sports

Why shouldn’t players consume alcohol during a match and what shape is the soccer ball? For answers and more interesting questions on science in sports take this quiz.

About 35,000 scientific papers at the risk of retraction for doctored images

India had 1.93 higher-than-predicted ratio of papers containing image duplication

ISRO’s first ‘pad abort’ test, critical for future human space mission, successful

Crew Escape System is an emergency escape measure to quickly pull the the astronaut cabin along with crew out to a safe distance from launch vehicle during a launch abort.

ISRO to test its astronaut escape feature today

‘Pad abort test’ involves aborting a space capsule at launch

Cosmic rays from massive star system may reach earth

Eta Carinae is accelerating particles to high energies

Koala bear genome decoded for the first time

The koala is classified as ‘vulnerable’ due to habitat loss and widespread disease

Century’s longest lunar eclipse on July 27

It will be visible from all parts of the country

Astronomers capture image of a planet’s birth

Gas giant found near young star

Mini Neanderthal brains grown in U.S. lab

To help better understand the species

India’s most potent missile Agni-V to be inducted soon

With a range of 5,000 km, it will act as a deterrent: official

Decreasing ‘greenness’ in India’s forests

This degradation is highest in ‘core’ forest tracts such as protected areas, finds study

Astronomers puzzled by ‘cow’ in the sky

The new celestial phenomenon has inspired a spate of papers trying to nail it down

Bacteria develop resistance even without exposure to antibiotics

The IISER Pune team found E. coli coped better when exposure to complex, unpredictable environment continued for 100 days

University of Hyderabad increases bioavailability of harpin biopesticide

Up to 90% reduction in severity of fungal infection in tomato plants was seen

IISc to boost science start-up incubation

Plans to open research park in 3 years

Mars may have hosted life before earth

The crust that encases rocky planets and makes possible the emergence of life took shape on Mars earlier than thought and at least 100 million years

Saturn’s moon could support life, says study

Complex organic molecules were discovered by Cassini probe

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